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The Bhagavata Podcast

The Bhagavata Podcast
Bhagavata Purana
Krishna
Yudhishthira
Bhakti
Mahabharata
Bhagavatam
Devotion
Vaishnavism
Nārada Muni
Separation
Krishna Consciousness
Queen Kunti
Asvatthama
Devotion (bhakti)
Srimad Bhagavatam
Arjuna
Dharma
Vyasa
Asvamedha Sacrifices
Mortality

The Bhagavata Podcast invites listeners on an engaging journey through the Bhagavata Purana, more commonly known as the Srimad Bhagavatam. Each episode features conversations between scholars, many of whom are also practitioners, as they reflect on and analyze a chapter of this text together. The podcast offers a unique blend of academic rigor and personal insight, providing fresh perspectives tha... more

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A teenager thinks his father is a loser because he doesn't drive a Lamborghini. The Bhagavatam asks: when you can use your arm as a pillow, what is the necessity of a pillow at all? These two visions of the good life are further apart than they look ... more

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A well-known contemporary guru was asked, mid-event, how to prepare for death. He laughed — not dismissively, but his answer was: "You should be focusing on how to live." The Bhagavatam disagrees. And its answer turns out to be not about the future a... more

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What would you do if you learned you had seven days to live? Most of us would panic, bargain, or spend those days in dread. King Parikshit sat down by the river and prepared to die with complete clarity.

 

 This is the final chapter of the first book... more

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A great king, exhausted and thirsty, makes an impulsive mistake. A young brahmin boy responds with a curse: die within seven days. What unfolds from that moment is the reason the entire Bhagavatam exists.

Canto 1, Chapter 18 is the hinge on which th... more

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Recent Guests

Shaunaka Rishi Das
Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
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Sri Yukta Jayananda Dasa
Guest scholar
Associated with Bhagavatam discussion
Episode: 2.1 What Should You Do When You're About to Die? | Bhagavata Podcast with Jayananda Dasa
Manjari Devi Dasi
Scholar from Bhaktiviranta College, Budapest
Bhaktiviranta College
Episode: 1.18 A King, a Curse, and a Seven-Day Deadline | Bhagavata Podcast with Manjari Devi Dasi
Krishna Ksetra Swami
Sripad Krishna Ksetra Swami Maharaj, scholar-practitioner, guest on the episode
Maharaj appears as guest discussing this chapter with Måns Broo
Episode: 1.17 If Evil Surrenders to You, What Do You Do? | Bhagavata Podcast with Krishna Ksetra Swami
Dr. Gopal Gupta
Assistant Professor in Ethics at Aurora University
Aurora University
Episode: 1.16 The Age We're Living In and What It's Actually Doing to Us | Bhagavata Podcast with Gopal Hari Das
Jayananda Das
Scholar and colleague of Dr. Måns Broo from Finland
Episode: 1.14 Why Does Grief Feel Like Love? | Bhagavata Podcast with Jayananda Das
Sundar Gopal Das
PhD candidate and scholar with insights on the Bhagavata Purana
University of Oxford
Episode: 1.13 What Do You Do When Someone You Love Refuses to Let Go? | Bhagavata Podcast with Sundar Gopal Das
Shaunaka Rishi
Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and a prominent scholar in Vaishnava studies
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Episode: 1.10 What Do You Do When the One You Love Has to Leave? | Bhagavata Podcast with Shaunaka Rishi Das
Radhika Raman Das
Episode: 1.9 How Do You Want to Die? | Bhagavata Podcast with Radhika Raman Das

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Bhrigupada Das
Host of The Bhagavata Podcast; common affiliation with Gaudiya Vaishnavism scholarly programs.
Måns Broo
Host of The Bhagavata Podcast; senior scholar and practitioner in Gaudiya Vaishnavism.

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1.19 What Would You Do If You Had Seven Days to Live? | Bhagavata Podcast with Sundar Gopal Das
Q: What should a person do at the time of death?
They should seek guidance from a qualified spiritual teacher, cultivate equanimity, and frame death as a transition rather than an end; the sages defer to Shukadeva Goswami to provide the definitive teaching.
1.16 The Age We're Living In and What It's Actually Doing to Us | Bhagavata Podcast with Gopal Hari Das
Q: Why did he have to do that three times? Wouldn't one be enough?
The number of horse sacrifices that a person does makes them more and more pious, adding to their religious merit.
1.14 Why Does Grief Feel Like Love? | Bhagavata Podcast with Jayananda Das
Q: How should we view the omens mentioned in the chapter?
Omens represent universal human concerns and reactions to uncertainty, reflecting a cultural sensitivity to signs and supernatural phenomena.
1.14 Why Does Grief Feel Like Love? | Bhagavata Podcast with Jayananda Das
Q: Could you summarize the chapter for us?
The chapter begins with Arjuna's troubling absence and Yudhishthira's growing concern over bad omens, leading to complex emotions surrounding Krishna's potential departure.
1.13 What Do You Do When Someone You Love Refuses to Let Go? | Bhagavata Podcast with Sundar Gopal Das
Q: What's different now? How come he gets it now, finally?
Dhritarashtra is faced with his mortality and illness in advanced age, which creates urgency for him to change.

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A thoughtful series that blends rigorous scholarship with devotional insight to illuminate the Bhagavata Purana. Episodes center on a chapter-by-chapter exploration, pairing hosts who are respected scholars and practitioners with guest experts from academia and Gaudiya Vaishnavism communities. Conversations probe philosophical, theological, and literary dimensions, often weaving in modern ethics, leadership, and devotion. The show stands out for its calm, text-driven approach, its emphasis on guru-disciple relationships, and its use of historical and translational context to connect ancient narratives with contemporary life.

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